SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes suffered their third consecutive loss by two goals and dropped out of the MLS’ final playoff spot after a 3-1 loss to St. Louis City at PayPal Park on Saturday night.

San Jose (9-14-8) has 35 points and fell behind ninth-place Dallas (37 points), which now holds the last playoff berth in the Western Conference with three games left in the regular season. The Quakes fell all the way to 11th place, one point behind Houston.

St. Louis City (6-17-8) has won back-to-back games overall and is 6-0-0 in its three MLS seasons against the Earthquakes.

Brendan McSorley had two goals and an assist — the 22-year-old’s first goal contributions in MLS — and Roman Bürki had nine saves, to lead St. Louis City’s attack.

McSorley, who made his first career start, put a

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